Everyday Basics

We’ve teamed up with Anna Griffin again and her cute hip hip hooray line of fabrics! I thought her border print fabric was perfect for a pillowcase… and when I thought pillowcase, my mind immediately went to Jen’s amazing pillowcase nightgowns that both of my girls adore. (here) And then, of course, Ivy wanted(…)

It’s National Sewing Month and what better way to celebrate than with the Jo-Ann Sew Your Style Contest sponsored by Pellon? Create a non-quilted, non-traditional project with quilters fabrics: ie, apparel, pencil cases, purses, etc. I jumped at the chance to use these two darling quilter’s fabrics at Jo-ann to make myself another skirt. This(…)

I pretty much live in jeans/shorts and tees. Every season. When its colder, I add a sweater. (Granted, it doesn’t get very cold here, ever.) I never seem to have enough tees, though. (Except for those old Target V-necks with pockets that I still wear.) So I thought I would share my new favorite tee(…)

With summer heading this way fast (last week it was here in force, today its raining?) I think I need some wardrobe additions, fast. The last two summers, I pretty much lived in my Everyday Skirts. I figured that it was time to make some more, with a bit of an update. I am so(…)

Do you remember {this} cap-sleeve Everyday Tee that Jen posted way back when? Well, I fell in love with it, and put out about 5 of them. (you’ll recognize some of the shirts today if you go back and compare.) It’s a great pattern, and the shirt is so comfy that those shirts are my(…)

As most of you know, I had the opportunity to go to Sewing Summit a few weeks ago. While there, I got to take a class where we drafted a pair of custom fit leggings. The fabulous Miranda from One Little Minute taught the class. I wanted to take this class for two reasons. First,(…)

I promised Emily that I would make her some cute dresses that she could wear to school. I was browsing some of my favorite shops for inspiration, and found a cute layered tank dress from Gap (no longer for sale) and so many cute raglan tops (here is an adorable adult one) and dresses (look(…)

There are loads of knit pencil skirt tutorials out there, and I have made some skirts before, using Mimi G’s tutorial. This time around, I wanted a gray knit pencil skirt, but I wanted one with side seams instead of a center back seam. I also wanted a yoga waistband. I love them. The(…)

I have wanted to make myself some gray knit skirts for a long time. The fabric has just sat there, waiting for me. I finally cut them out and sewed them up this week. Both came together so quickly! I am so excited to add them into my wardrobe rotation, as there are endless possibilities(…)

Last week, my two older kids got to go to their Grandma’s all by themselves for a week. While they were in Arizona, I got to hang out alone at home with my baby, which meant that I had both nap time and bed time to work on STUFF! My to-do project pile went down(…)

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